The Adobe InDesign to Amazon Kindle white paper overviews best practices for eBook authoring in InDesign and offers a detailed review of the eBook conversion process for compatibility with the Kindle and the Amazon store. Increasingly, InDesign users want to export eBooks for reading on devices like the Amazon Kindle and selling in the Amazon store. Because Amazon uses a proprietary eBook format, InDesign users must convert their exported eBook files into an Amazon-compatible format before submission.

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This white paper details four main steps for exporting an EPUB document from InDesign and then uploading it to the Amazon.com store in the Amazon-compatible MOBI format.

Converting InDesign documents for Kindle compatibility:

1. Export InDesign document to EPUB
2. Convert EPUB to alternative MOBI format
3. Preview on Kindle device (optional)
4. Upload to Amazon store

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Requirements

To follow along with the white paper and successfully convert your own documents, you will need to install the following software:

Adobe InDesign CS4

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Adobe Digital Editions

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Calibre

A free, open source eBook conversion tool. Calibre is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms

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